Random adult children just came out of the wood work like alligators pouncing on some prey in the lake after the mom died last week. ...

Your profile says wood worker, so as you can attest, you are probably benefitting from the construction/renovation/flip boom via your S-corp income.

I don't care - I like walls a different color from the woodwork.

Scott, this summer investors have been swarming out of the woodwork!

If it was my deal, I would definitly get Title insurance even if I am buying cash, nothing like losing half your in ROI because someone came out of the woodwork claiming past interest in the property.      

as a flipper and broker in WI (marketing my 20th flip) the best deals rarely come from MLS in Hot and heating up markets, cuz every Tom Dick and Harry comes out of the woodwork with no idea where else to look, they say, "hey we should flip a house, like on TV" so the easy ones get driven up in price, and your margins driven down. that being said, I have flipped listed properties, (6 i think) and have made ok margins, but the ones that were fantastic were acquired through other means.

If that doesn't bring buyers out of the woodwork then the deals aren't as good as you think they are, sorry, but that's just the truth.

Josh Sicotte thanks for introducing yourself and coming out of the woodwork.

That loan sits as bad debt and I just wait....and wait...until someone comes out of the woodwork to try to negotiate with me.

I concentrate most of my efforts on the deal pipeline, buyers will crawl over themselves out of the woodwork if you have a deal in hand.